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Trade Rep Proposes $4 Billion in New EU Aircraft Tariffs

July 2, 2019


WASHINGTON, July 1, 2019--In an official press release, the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) office announced that it will publish a notice proposing a supplemental list of European imports subject to approximately $4 billion in duties.

Intended to "enforce U.S. rights" in the US's pending WTO dispute proceedings concerning the EU's financial assistance and preferential bank loans granted to European aircraft company Airbus, the supplemental list would add to the approximately $21 billion in tariffs which were published on April 12, 2019.

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